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    <span class="Header" nowrap>Using WinCvs to work with project source files</span> </p>
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    <p>If you are using MS Windows, you can use the graphical client called
    WinCvs to access a project's version controlled source code files. WinCvs 
    looks and behaves similar to Windows Explorer. You can <a 
    href="http://cvsgui.org/download.html" target=_new>download WinCvs</a> on 
    line and install it on your machine.</p>



<p>	<b>Help for WinCvs: Index</b>
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	<dt><b>You are here: Setting up WinCvs 
        <ul>
              <li><a href="#gettingstarted">Getting Started</a></li>
			  <li><a href="#settingcvsroot">Setting up cvsroot</a></li>
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        <dt><a href="ddUsingWinCvs-01.html">Checking source files in and out of WinCvs</a> 
      <dt><a href="ddUsingWinCvs-02.html">Managing files in WinCvs</a> </dt></dl></ul>
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<a name="gettingstarted"></a><span class="InputHeader">Getting started</span>

<p>When you launch WinCvs, you see a screen that looks like this:</p>

<p><img src="images/wincvs_launch.gif"></p>

<p>Before going further, make a new directory on your
hard disk where you will store your working copy of the project's source 
files. A good name for this directory is the one-word name of the project 
files you need. If you are working on more than one project, you may wish 
to make a general "<em>projects cvs</em> " folder, and then create subfolders for each project by name. </p> 

<p>Select the "<em>project</em>" directory in the 
WinCvs program's left-hand pane. (If you do not see your newly created 
projects directory right away, don't worry! You may need to collapse and 
expand the tree to force it to refresh.) If your project directory is on a 
different drive not displayed in the left-hand WinCvs pane, you will need 
to use the <strong>Change browse location... </strong>command under the 
<strong>View </strong>menu. Be sure to double click on the drive or 
directory you want before clicking <strong>OK</strong>.</p>

<p><img src="images/wincvs_browse.gif"></p>
<a href="http://www.cvsgui.org/winhtml/wincvs11.htm#_Toc453646172" target="_new">More about setting a work area</a>

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<a name="settingcvsroot"></a><span class="InputHeader">Setting up cvsroot</span>

<p> First you must define the location of the WinCvs main repository, the CVSROOT. If you are only working on one project at a time, you only need to set up the cvsroot setup once, i.e. the first time you use WinCvs to access the project's source repository through this site.

<p><ol><li>From the <strong>Admin</strong> menu and select
<strong>Preferences</strong>       
<p><img src="images/wincvs_prefs.gif"><p></p>
<li>Replace "username" with your username on the 
        <strong>General</strong> tab. 
        
<li>Click on <strong>Authentication</strong> then 
change the drop down menu to <em>"passwd file on the cvs 
server"</em>. 
        
<li>Click on the <strong>Global</strong> tab. 
        
<p><img src="images/wincvs_global_pref.gif"><p></p>
<li>Uncheck the "<strong>Checkout read-only</strong>" checkbox. 
        
<li>Click on the <strong>Proxy</strong> tab. 
        
<p><img src="images/wincvs_global_proxy.gif"><p></p>
<li>Check the "<strong>Connect using a proxy 
server</strong>" checkbox. 
<li>Enter the host name or IP of proxy. For example: 
www.projectname.domain 
<li>Enter port number for the proxy. For example: 
1080</li>        
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<p> <a href="http://www.cvsgui.org/winhtml/wincvs11.htm#_Toc453646173" target="_new">More about configuring WinCvs</a></p>
<p>Now you are ready to begin <a href="ddUsingWinCvs-01.html">Checking source files in and out of WinCvs</a></p>
    
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